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Circular Economy Podcast176 Katie Allen – why healthy clothing starts with healthy soilsKatie Allen, a regenerative farmer, maker and educator, who is creating healthy textiles, plant dyes and leathers and helping fashion students and others discover what soil health means for us, our food and our clothing.
Katie Allen farms organically at Great Cotmarsh, in the UK. The farm produces lamb and beef in a 100% pastoral system and is implementing projects to improve soil health, increase biodiversity and embrace agroforestry. Under the brand ‘Katie Cotmarsh’, she creates award-winning knitwear using the fleeces from the flock and cultivates colour by growing plant dyes.
Katie has developed a beautiful classroom space on the farm, to c...
2026-02-2247 minCircular Economy Podcast175 Stephen Fitzpatrick: remanufacturing as a strategic capabilityStephen Fitzpatrick is Director of the Digital Factory at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, based at the University of Strathclyde, and Director of the Remake Value Retention Centre, a new £10m initiative commissioned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
A key focus of Stephen’s work is developing solutions that enable a circular economy, particularly in high-value, high-integrity sectors.
‘High-integrity sectors’ are industries that require strict adherence to safety and reliability standards, often because the potential consequences of failure are huge – we can think about aerospace, automotive, nuclear power, wind, and other industries where ensuring safety, performance and up-time is critical...
2026-02-0853 min
A Climate Change with Matt Matern227. Why Recycling Won’t Save the PlanetToday, Matt speaks with Dr. Catherine Weetman about why recycling alone cannot solve the environmental crisis and why businesses must adopt circular and regenerative models. She explains how finite resources, critical materials, and geopolitical pressures collide with rising demand from green technology and AI. She also shares her journey from corporate supply chains to sustainability and discusses her new book, The Circular Economy Handbook (Third Edition), offering practical, profitable pathways for organizations to rethink growth within planetary limits.
Check out Catherine’s new book here: https://bit.ly/4rk7tKZ
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2026-02-051h 01Circular Economy Podcast174 Sydney Harris and Jennifer Carrigan of Upstream: effective, equitable reuse systemsWe learn about driving change towards an effective, efficient and fair reuse economy, with Sydney Harris and Jennifer Carrigan of Upstream, a nonprofit that works to support sustainable, equitable reuse systems across North America.
Upstream works to normalise reuse, to support the expansion of the reuse sector, and to help create supportive policy measures. It was founded over 20 years ago, and is seen as an early visionary, realising that reuse is better from an economic perspective as well as better for people and planet. Upstream works across industry sectors in the US and Canada.
2026-01-2536 minCircular Economy Podcast173 Giulio Bonazzi of Aquafil – pioneering regenerative nylonGiulio Bonazzi is the visionary leader of Aquafil, a global pioneer in circular materials including Econyl Regenerated Nylon. Giulio has been transforming Aquafil from a conventional manufacturer into a pioneer of circular design, and he tells us about the process of creating premium-quality polyamide from a wide range of nylon waste streams, including fishing nets, old carpets, and fabric scraps.
2026-01-1154 minCircular Economy PodcastFrom the archives – episode 119 with Ken Webster: why we need to talk about the circular ECONOMY!To close out 2025, I’d like to revisit a critical aspect that’s being ignored - the economy itself. Ken Webster is a leading thinker in the circular economy field, and one of his many roles is with Earth4All, where he has been exploring the benefits of a Universal Basic Dividend. Ken and Catherine discussed this, and more aspects of circularity at an economic level back in 2023, and it’s highly relevant today, as the challenges we face loom larger.
2025-12-2154 minCircular Economy Podcast172 (Part 2) Tom Llewellyn of Shareable: how sharing and cooperative projects help us thriveThis is the 2nd part of my conversation with Tom Llewellyn of Shareable, an organization that collaborates with others to imagine, resource, network, and scale cooperative projects.
• We hear about Shareable's How-To Guides, which cover a vast range of topics from how to reduce food waste to starting mutual aid funds, and Tom explains how sharing initiatives are starting to be included in city and local government policies.
• And Tom offers his top tips for how we can get started with sharing and other initiatives, to improve our resilience and build stronger communities.
If you didn’t catch the first episod...
2025-12-0729 minCircular Economy Podcast172 Tom Llewellyn of Shareable: how sharing and cooperative projects help us thriveWe discuss the importance of sharing and its many benefits with Tom Llewellyn, the Executive Director of Shareable, which collaborates with others to imagine, resource, network, and scale cooperative projects.
Tom helps communities develop Libraries of Things (LoTs) and other forms of low-cost, environmentally friendly social infrastructure that help people meet their material needs. Tom’s current work includes expanding these sharing initiatives into housing developments, universities, and post-disaster recovery areas.
He also serves as executive producer and host of the award-winning documentary film and podcast series The Response, producer of the Cities@Tufts Podcast, and communications lead for the Ru...
2025-12-0741 minCircular Economy Podcast171 Dr. Patrick Schröder: circular economy policymaking – progress and barriersDr. Patrick Schröder, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, assesses the progress and barriers for circular economy policymaking. Patrick Schröder specializes in the circular economy, climate change, resource governance, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His work brings together science, policy, and media to help further evidence-based policies, communicate complex sustainability issues, and promote equitable governance solutions at the multilateral level.
Patrick is currently the Coordinating Lead Author for one of the three working groups for the IPCC Assessment Report 7, reporting on Mitigation of Climate Change, and he is also the Coordinating Lead Author for the UN Gl...
2025-11-2346 minCircular Economy Podcast170 Catherine Weetman: unpacking the new edition of A Circular Economy HandbookAuthor Catherine Weetman unpacks the new edition of A Circular Economy Handbook: How to Build a More Resilient, Competitive and Sustainable Business, giving you a preview of the big changes and new insights.
The new, 3rd edition was published by Kogan Page in paperback and e-book format on 3 November 2025, and the print edition for the US and Canada is out on the 25th of November. The book aims to help people get clearer on how successful companies are finding ways to do better with less – in other words, creating value without pumping yet more resources through ever-growing systems of production an...
2025-11-0926 minCircular Economy Podcast169 Bailey Bestul: imaginative reuse of architectural components to create exciting and inspiring buildingsBailey Bestul explains how imaginative reuse of architectural components can create exciting, unique and inspiring buildings. Bailey is a registered architect, researcher and author based in New York City. His book, Reuse of Architectural Components, published by Routledge, was inspired by Bailey’s extensive research throughout Europe after he was awarded a Fulbright grant by the Netherland-America Foundation.
We discuss how architects, constructors and building owners are getting on board with circularity and reuse, and what might be getting in the way of ambitious circular approaches, and ask what architects, building owners and planners can do to help raise awareness of...
2025-10-2630 min
Straight Talking SustainabilityHidden in Plain Sight - Why is circularity so hard?In this episode of "Straight Talking Sustainability," we tackle one of the biggest puzzles in modern business—why is circularity so challenging to implement? From rethinking ownership to reusing, repairing, and recycling, we explore the many loops that make up a circular economy and why so few businesses get it right. You’ll hear real-world examples of success and struggle, from pioneering companies embracing change to the systemic barriers holding others back.We’ll also share actionable advice on how businesses can shift from wasteful, linear models to thriving circular systems that create value and build customer loyalt...
2024-12-0922 min
YA Book StackSummer Reading with Emily GaleKarys McEwen is a school librarian, children’s author, bookseller, vice president of the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and education advisor for the Melbourne Writers Festival. She is passionate about the role libraries and books can play in the wellbeing of young people, and she is currently writing a Substack newsletter for educators and parents called I Read A Lot. Her debut middle grade novel, All the Little Tricky Things, was published by Text Publishing in 2022, and her second middle grade novel, The Paperbark Tree Committee, is coming out on 1 April, 2025.Emil...
2024-12-0931 min
Amigo Trader BR#22 - O QUE SIGNIFICA ESG E PORQUE VOCÊ DEVE FICAR ATENTO A EMPRESAS QUE LEVAM ISSO A SÉRIO?No episódio de hoje abordamos sobre o que significa ESG e porque você deve ficar atento a empresas que levam isso a sério.
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2023-03-2834 min
The Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public SpeakingEngaging Ostriches and Speaking about Super Wicked Problems with Catherine Weetman - 260The 'path of most resistance' - that is essentially what Catherine Weetman faces as a specialist in the area of regeneration and the circular economy. She talks to organisations about the need to ditch outdated business models and go beyond current thinking. She also challenges current practices around product life cycles and materials, and shares practical and meaningful strategies and plans for becoming more sustainable in a world with dwindling natural resources. All of this is so that they are able to survive and prosper in the changing environmental and consumer landscape, and they also...
2023-03-161h 13
Unboxing Your Packaging[Wild Waste Audio Clip 3] PlasticsINTRODUCTIONPlastics are on everyone's lips! They won many quests in the packaging Wild West. If plastic reputation is well established, do you know what is true and what is rubbish? Luckily, in our series of «Wild W[a]st.e» audio clips, Mr & Mrs Recycling captured the plastic lobbyists' arguments for you: Are plastics reallysafe, strong but lightweight (less CO2 emitting),recyclable, and versatile?Don’t forget your reward is worth millions of dollars with unbiased technical vulgarization, tips, and some extra links in the show notes from the Plast...
2023-03-1612 min
Supply Chain Next057 - Catherine Weetman - A Circular Economy HandbookInternational speaker, author and business advisor, Catherine Weetman helps people use circular, regenerative strategies to help their business thrive by creating, capturing and circulating more value for everyone.
Catherine Weetman Circular Economy talks, workshops and coaching. Her award-winning A Circular Economy Handbook, published by Kogan Page, is now in its 2nd edition, and she hosts the popular Circular Economy Podcast, with listeners in over 150 countries.
Working for great companies like Tesco, Kellogg’s and DHL Supply Chain gave her an inside track on the complex and interconnected challenges of manufacturing, retail and supply chains, encouraging her to develop solutions that ov...
2023-01-311h 04
Accidental GodsEnd of year round-up: Manda's favourite podcasts, fiction and non-fiction of 2022As we do each year, we've curated a list of the Accidental Gods' favourite podcast and books of 2022. Enjoy!Podcasts Nate Hagens The Great Simplification - fourth of four (so far) with Daniel Schmachtenbergerhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-great-simplification-with-nate-hagens/id1604218333?i=1000583952697The Sustainable Food Trust episode with Dr Michael Antoniouhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sustainable-food-trust-podcast/id1511133906?i=1000559083233/Global Governance Futures with Jacqueline McGladehttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/global-governance-futures-imperfect-utopias-or-bust/id1548522280?i=1000544342241ITS BLOODY COMPLICATED by Compass - Episode w...
2022-11-1656 minThe Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public SpeakingTips for Applying the Spice and Seasoning to Your TalkIf you've listened to many episodes of The Speaking Club, you will no doubt have heard me share that a talk should be planned and scripted, but that at the right time you should let go of the script to bring the talk alive for you and your audience. That is what this episode is all about. As you know, I teach a talk structure that I developed to make it easy for you to engage your audience with stories, whilst also moving them onto the same page as you, so that they are more...
2022-10-2716 min
What's in the Box?Episode 14 - The Circular Economy with Catherine WeetmanIn this episode, we're talking about the circular economy and how to transition from a linear one. Discussing the guiding principles and the approach to understanding your supply chain and its impact. There are some practical examples of the fashion sector, including some of the brands leading the way. I am pleased to join Catherine Weetman, a published author, podcast host and a leader in the supply chain and sustainability arena.This episode provides some great insights into: What is the Circular Economy?A three-tiered approach to a more circular supply chain Pote...
2021-02-1535 min
Bicara Supply Chain114. Circular sustainable businessGuest Name: Catherine Weetman, Founder of Rethink Global; Language: English, Publication date: Dec, 09. 2020
Catherine Weetman is a founder of Rethink Global, helps businesses, social enterprises and community groups use circular economy approaches to build a better world, with workshops, coaching and advice. Catherine's award-winning Circular Economy Handbook is published by Kogan Page, available online and at all good bookshops.
Catherine hosts the Circular Economy Podcast, is a mentor for the Circular Economy Club, and coordinates the Tees Valley Chapter in the UK. Catherine has a Master’s from Cranfield University, is a Fellow of the Charter...
2020-12-0910 min
HappyPorch Radio: Circular Economy & TechnologyLess Waste and More Sustainability From Us All with Catherine WeetmanIn this season we explore the role that our industry plays in the Circular Economy. And here to jumpstart this conversation and prime us for the forthcoming episodes is Catherine Weetman, who literally wrote the book on the subject! A Circular Economy Handbook for Business and Supply Chains details the lessons that Catherine has learned over the last ten years in the field and we get to hear all about her work, from the role of software and digital to examples of companies doing their part to move things forward. Apart from being an author, C...
2020-08-2045 min
Getting In the Loop: Circular Economy | Sustainability | Closing the LoopMoving to a Circular Economy with Walter Stahel (Part 1)In this special two-part episode, we hear from the founding father of the Performance Economy Dr. Walter Stahel. In today’s episode (Part One), we learn about Walter’s background, how his work on the performance economy began, and his experience finding arguments to convince people that buying performance rather than products makes sense for business as well as the environment. I also announce the winner of our special book giveaway in collaboration with Catherine Weetman! Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com .ABOUT TODAY’S GUESTDr. Walter R. Stahel...
2019-09-0930 min
The Bottom LineThe Last MileThe package brought to your door may have crossed the globe - but the most expensive and fiddly bit of the journey will undoubtedly be what's known as 'the last mile'. Delivery firms are constantly innovating how they do this - using electric vehicles and e cargo bikes, robots, or offering customers a click and collect option at a local store of their choice. Consumers take it for granted that they will get free delivery in many cases. But is the whole 'last mile' industry sustainable? Delivery vans add to traffic congestion and consumers are ordering more than they...
2019-06-0628 minGetting In the Loop: Circular Economy | Sustainability | Closing the LoopHow to Move from "Take, Make, Waste" to Circular Business Models and Supply Chains with Catherine WeetmanEarth Day giveaway! Today we’re speaking with Catherine Weetman about implementing circular economy in practice and what she has learned from working with SMEs. We talk about her book Circular Economy: A Handbook for Business and Supply Chains: Repair, Remake, Redesign, Rethink and Catherine has given me a copy to giveaway to one lucky listener! To have a chance at winning, all you need to do is leave a review on this podcast’s iTunes page. Listen to the episode or head over to the show notes at http://www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com to find out more about the give...
2019-04-2241 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#2 - The Circular Economy: Real world case studies and advice for Supply Chain professionals with Catherine WeetmanCatherine Weetman is the Director of Rethink Global. Catherine provides tailored support for businesses and start-ups, social enterprises and public sector organisations. She has over 25 years’ business experience, in manufacturing, retail, contract logistics, and supply chain consultancy. She is also the of author, A Circular Economy Handbook for Business and Supply Chains.
During the episode Catherine and Maria discuss:
Practical and useful advice for Supply Chain professionals and business leaders on how to help their organisations move towards the Circular Economy.
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2019-03-0148 min